it is my honor to introduce president, former president and perhaps future president, pervez musharraf, of the country of pakistan. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] congresswoman jane harman, mr. bob hathaway, ladies and gentlemen, it is, indeed, my proud privilege to have been given this opportunity of talking to you, and i'm extremely grateful to the woodrow wilson center for affording this opportunitiment opportunitiment -- opportunity. i intend talking to you for about maximum half an hour, and then, and that will set the stage for, i hope, a lively q&a session. i will speak, basically, on pakistan and the region. i call it, call the subject as pakistan a reality check. i will highlight significant issues in pakistan and the region, as i said, to set the stage for a lively q&a session. ladies and gentlemen, pakistan today finds itself in the eye of the terrorism storm. an environment of controversies, contradictions, mutual suspicions prevail which is extremely detrimental and weakens our joint effort of global war on terror. the situation demands that clearer understanding o